9:50 PM Friday, March 25th, 2011

Honey.......we're home..........   I can't believe it's been 40 days...... must be biblically prophetic....   We got home early this evening and it took a while to get the necessary unpacking done, but we're pretty settled in and Ed is sleeping.  I hope he'll sleep really peacefully and well tonight - it's been a long wait to get back in a familiar place.

Dr. Menco was pleased with Ed's white cell blood count today - it's up a little since Tuesday, which means the Nulasta is definately working to stimulate white production.  That means he's better protected against possible infection while we wait for the chemo to do it's work. He lost 3 more pounds since Tuesday, but it's probably because he's gotten more active the past couple of days - walking, etc. and we need to adjust his TPN to up the calories to compensate.  The pharmacy will re-mix his formula by Monday and we'll keep adjusting it to make sure he gains from here on out.  We check in with Dr. Menco on Monday to check counts again and start talking about the next chemo round and what protocol will be appropriate.  Hopefully Ed will have a week to 10 days of feeling good and getting stronger before the next round.

For our local friends, I have a hunch Ed will be anxious to have some visitors this weekend (me too!) - he's really missed his normally social lifestyle, so my best advice is call if you're in the area and we'll just play it by ear.  As we all know, Ed has a tendency to "go for the gusto" and overdo (things haven't changed much) and he may be feeling tired at any given moment, but I know he'll do his best to be up for company.  Just don't call too early......we're both looking forward to sleeping in a little!

Thank you all for the beautiful wedding cards and all your best wishes...... we will plan a celebration once Ed's health permits and it will be a great party that we will be so happy to share with all of you, the amazing friends and family who have been so thoughtful and supportive.  We're going to have to find a pretty big place for sure.

I'm going to jump off the blog and sigh as I settle into my familiar bed with a cup of tea.....and my Kindle.......with Ed dozing peacefully  ........ just a little bit of heaven in Thousand Oaks!